List of people from Montreal
This is a list of notable people from Montreal.
A
- Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott - prime minister of Canada
- Scott Abbott - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
- Jennifer Abel - diver, Olympic medalist
- David Acer - magician and comedian, star of Mystery Hunters
- Marie-Yasmine Alidou - soccer player for the Canada national team
- Andrew Allan - Allan Shipping Line
- Sir Hugh Allan - Allan Shipping Line
- Martha Allan - founder of the Montreal Repertory Theatre
- Sir Montague Allan - businessman, donated the Allan Cup
- Paul Almond - film director
- Sidney Altman - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
- Melissa Sue Anderson - American-Canadian actress, known for her role as Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie
- René Angélil - singer, Celine Dion's husband and manager
- Richard Bladworth Angus - founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Joel Anthony - NBA basketball player
- Alex Anthopoulos - general manager and president of baseball operations for the Atlanta Braves
- Louise Arbour - lawyer, jurist, prosecutor
- Nelly Arcan - writer
- Denys Arcand - filmmaker
- Gilles Archambault - novelist
- Francois Arnaud - actor
- Jay Aspin - former MP
- William H. Atherton - historian
- Gabriel Aubry - model
- Melissa Auf der Maur - rock musician
- Nick Auf der Maur - journalist, municipal politician
- Michel C. Auger - journalist
- Félix Auger-Aliassime - tennis player
- Adam Azimov - film director
- David Azrieli - real estate developer
B
- Ralph Backstrom - former NHL player
- Rita Baga - drag queen, television personality and host
- Joby Baker - actor, painter
- René Balcer - television writer and producer, known for the US television show Law and Order
- Jean-Paul Banos - fencer
- Roger Barnes - professional wrestler
- Joseph Barsalou - businessman and politician
- Jay Baruchel - television and movie actor
- Doug Beardsley - poet and educator
- Bianca Beauchamp - fetish fashion model
- Charles-Odilon Beauchemin - printer and bookseller
- Mathieu Beaudoin - football player
- Tanith Belbin - figure skater, Olympic silver medalist
- Louise Belcourt - artist
- Jean Béliveau - former NHL player
- Saul Bellow - novelist
- Mercédes Benegbi - disabilities activist
- Sonia Benezra - broadcaster, television host
- Meaghan Benfeito - diver, Olympic medalist
- Chris Benoit - pro wrestler and double-murderer
- Jehane Benoît - chef, author, TV personality
- Aldo Bensadoun - founder of Aldo Group
- Marc Bergevin - former NHL player, hockey executive
- Eric Berne - psychiatrist; creator of Transactional Analysis; author
- Janette Bertrand - journalist, broadcaster, actress
- André Besette - CSC Holy Cross Brother, "miracle worker of Montreal"
- Norman Bethune - physician, medical innovator, and political activist
- Tim Biakabutuka - former NFL football player, Carolina Panthers
- Charlie Biddle - Montreal Jazz pioneer, Juno Award winner
- Dan Bilefsky - journalist, author
- Alexandre Bilodeau - skier, Olympic gold medalist
- Khem Birch - NBA Player
- Yannick Bisson - actor known for playing Det. Murdoch in Murdoch Mysteries and Jack in Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye
- Conrad Black - financier and newspaper magnate
- Herbert Black - businessman
- Sheila Blair - art historian
- Toe Blake - former NHL player and coach
- Valérie Blass – artist
- Paul Bley - jazz pianist
- Bob Blumer - tv personality
- La Bolduc - real name Mary Travers, singer
- Moïse Bombito – soccer player
- Patrick Bordeleau - hockey player
- Daniel Borsuk - plastic surgeon
- Mike Bossy - Hockey Hall of Fame member
- Alain Bouchard - billionaire businessman
- Émile Bouchard - NHL Hall of Famer
- Eugenie Bouchard - tennis player
- Jean-François Bouchard - photographer and visual designer
- Louise Anne Bouchard – writer
- Chris Boucher - NBA player
- Maurice "Mom" Boucher - ex-leader of Hell's Angels
- Yassine Bounou - footballer
- Henri Bourassa - political leader and publisher
- Robert Bourassa - former Quebec premier
- Pierre Bourque - mayor
- Raymond Bourque - former NHL player, Hockey Hall of Fame member
- Pierre Bouvier - frontman of Simple Plan; songwriter
- Scotty Bowman - hockey coach
- Stan Bowman - NHL general manager
- Justin Bradley - actor, based out of Montreal and Toronto, sometimes works in Los Angeles
- Tim Brady - guitarist, composer
- Glenda Braganza - Hollywood actress, 10.5: Apocalypse
- Gilles Brassard - computer scientist
- Nigel Braun – YouTuber and chemist
- Adam Braz - former soccer defender
- Patrice Brisebois - NHL player, Montreal Canadiens
- Annie Brocoli - real name Annie Grenier, children's performer
- Martin Brodeur - NHL player, goaltender, New Jersey Devils
- Charles Bronfman - businessman and philanthropist
- Edgar Bronfman, Sr. - businessman
- Edward Bronfman - businessman, philanthropist, member of the Bronfman family
- Peter Bronfman - businessman, member of the Bronfman family
- Saidye Rosner Bronfman - philanthropist, wife of Samuel Bronfman
- Samuel Bronfman - liquor magnate
- Stephen Bronfman - philanthropist
- Alma Faye Brooks - disco, soul and R&B singer
- Harriet Brooks - nuclear physicist, researcher
- Nicole Brossard - author, poet
- Alexander Brott - conductor, composer
- Edwin Orion Brownell - pianist, vocalist
- John Brownstein - epidemiologist, professor
- Kim Brunhuber - journalist newscaster
- Geneviève Bujold - actress
- Hy Buller - former NHL All-Star player
- Mario Bunge - philosopher, Frothingham Chair of Logic and Metaphysics at McGill University
- Stéphan Bureau - journalist
- Pat Burns - NHL head coach
- Robin Burns - founder and owner, ITECH Hockey Equipment
- Pascale Bussières - actress
- Ernie Butler - comedy club owner
- Gerard Butler - Scottish actor; lived here briefly as a baby
- Win Butler - singer-songwriter
C
- Anne-Marie Cadieux - actress
- Ghitta Caiserman-Roth - painter, printmaker
- Jesse Camacho - actor
- Mark Camacho - actor
- Charles Sandwith Campbell - businessman, philanthropist
- Charlotte Cardin - singer, songwriter
- Paul Cargnello - singer-songwriter
- Jean Carignan - fiddler
- Alexandre Carrier - NHL player
- Gerald Emmett Carter - former cardinal archbishop of Toronto
- Thérèse Casgrain - politician, suffragist
- André Chagnon - telecommunications and broadcasting executive, philanthropist
- Serge Chapleau - political cartoonist
- Corinne Chaponnière - writer, journalist
- Jean Charest - former Québec premier and onetime leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives
- Robert Charlebois - singer-songwriter
- Gregory Charles - musician and radio host
- Dov Charney - entrepreneur and CEO of American Apparel
- Melvin Charney - artist, sculptor, architect
- Claude Charron - former politician, now TV host
- Régine Chassagne - musician, singer, member of Arcade Fire
- Micheline Chevrier - theatre director
- Alex Chiasson - NHL player for the Edmonton Oilers
- Patricia Chica - film and TV director
- Emmanuelle Chriqui - actress
- Denny Chronopoulos - CFL player
- Terri Clark - country singer-songwriter
- Patricia Claxton - literary translator
- Françoise de Clossey - pianist and organist
- Guy Cloutier - former artist manager
- Véronique Cloutier - radio and television personality
- Kim Cloutier - fashion model
- Cœur de pirate - singer, songwriter
- G. A. Cohen - political philosopher
- Leonard Cohen - poet and singer
- Mark Cohen - ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MD
- Sidney M. Cohen - television director
- Steven Cojocaru - fashion critic
- John Colicos - actor
- Charles Comeau - drummer of Simple Plan and songwriter
- Phil Comeau - film and TV director
- Antonio Cordasco – Italian-Canadian migrant labour recruiter
- Ernest Cormier - engineer and architect
- Marc Costanzo - singer
- Corneille - singer
- Irwin Cotler - law professor, politician
- Vincenzo Cotroni - mobster
- Jean Coutu - pharmacist
- Corey Crawford - NHL starting goaltender for the Chicago Blackhawks
- Ron Crevier - former NBA basketball player
- Marie-Josée Croze - actress
- Katalin Cseh - Hungarian politician
- Beto Cuevas - Chilean-Canadian lead singer of band La Ley
- Peter Cullen - voice actor; voice of Optimus Prime in the film Transformers
- Maxwell Cummings - businessman, philanthropist
- Nathan Cummings - businessman
- Elisha Cuthbert - actress
- Louis Cyr - strongman
- May Cutler - publisher and journalist; founder of Tundra Books; first Canadian woman to publish children's books; first woman to serve as Mayor of Westmount, Quebec
D
- Samuel Dalembert - NBA basketball player, Philadelphia 76ers
- Peter Dalla Riva - football player, Montreal Alouettes
- Roméo Dallaire - senator, Lieutenant-General
- Vincent Damphousse - former NHL player
- Shawn Daniels - Canadian football player
- Catherine Daoust – Professional ice hockey defenceman for the Montreal Victoire in the Professional Women's Hockey League.
- J. P. Darche - NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
- Mathieu Darche - NHL player, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens
- Françoise David - politician
- John Caswell Davis - politician
- Mitch Davis - film programmer, filmmaker, journalist
- Mortimer Davis - businessman, philanthropist
- Norman Dawe - sports executive
- Michel de Broin - sculptor
- Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien - broadcasting, magazines
- Stéphane Demers - actor
- Bernard Derome - anchorman
- Pierre Desjardins - football player, Montreal Alouettes
- Roxane Desjardins - writer
- André Desmarais - businessman
- Paul Desmarais, Sr. - businessman
- Paul Desmarais, Jr. - businessman
- Alexandre Despatie - diver, Olympic medalist, television personality
- David Desrosiers - bassist of Simple Plan and vocalist; born in Sept-Îles
- Sean Devine - playwright, actor, and politician
- Colleen Dewhurst - actress
- Caroline Dhavernas - actress
- Domenic Di Rosa - actor
- Kadie Karen Diekmeyer - Internet personality and activist
- Céline Dion - singer
- Stéphane Dion - politician
- Christopher DiRaddo - writer
- Xavier Dolan – actor, director, screenwriter, editor, costume director, producer
- Jacob Dolson Cox - U.S. soldier and politician
- Audrey Capel Doray – artist
- Jean Doré - former mayor of Montreal
- Ivan Doroschuk - singer
- Fifi D'Orsay - actress
- Luguentz Dort - NBA Player
- Anne Dorval - actress
- William Dow - brewer
- Jean Drapeau - mayor of Montreal during Expo '67 and the 1976 Olympic Games
- Glen Drover - guitarist for Megadeth
- Shawn Drover - drummer for Megadeth
- Steve Dubinsky - former NHL player
- Gilles Duceppe - politician
- Jean Duceppe - actor
- Louis Dudek - poet
- Chloé Dufour-Lapointe - skier, Olympic medalist
- Justine Dufour-Lapointe - skier, Olympic gold medalist
- Jack Dunham - animator, television commercial producer, designer of the St-Hubert rooster mascot
- Barbara Dunkelman - voice actress for Rooster Teeth
- Alexandre Dupuis - football player
- Laurent Duvernay-Tardif - NFL player, physician
E
- Keith Eaman - Canadian football player
- Henrietta Edwards - women’s rights activist, suffragist
- Iwan Edwards - conductor, Member of the Order of Canada
- Elisapie - singer, broadcaster, activist
- Vic Emery - Olympic bobsleigh gold medalist
- Empire I - pop and dancehall singer, songwriter
- Anke Engelke - German comedian, born in Montreal
- Chad Erickson - Ringette coach
- Angelo Esposito - hockey player
- Sam Etcheverry - former CFL and NFL football quarterback, Montreal Alouettes, St. Louis Cardinals
- Terry Evanshen - former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders
- Ken Evoy - founder of Sitesell; creator of SiteBuildIt!
F
- Lara Fabian - operatic singer
- Mylène Farmer - singer
- Leylah Fernandez - tennis player
- David Fennario - playwright
- Greg Fergus - Member of Parliament; 38th Speaker of the House of Commons
- Maynard Ferguson - jazz trumpet player and bandleader
- Marcelle Ferron - painter, stained glass artist
- Denise Filiatrault - actress and director
- Jennifer Finnigan - Hollywood actress
- Sheila Finestone - MP, senator
- Serge Fiori - musician, singer, writer
- Sarah Fischer - operatic soprano
- Marc-André Fleury - NHL goaltender, three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins
- Louis-Joseph Forget - stockbroker, financier, statesman
- Rodolphe Forget - businessman, politician, philanthropist
- Samuel Fournier - former CFL football player, Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- Kathleen Fox - flight instructor, air traffic controller, business executive
- René-Arthur Fréchet - architect
- Pauline Fréchette - poet, dramatist, journalist, Catholic nun
- Josh Freed - writer, humourist, filmmaker
- David Freiheit - lawyer and YouTuber
- Gottfried Fuchs - German-Canadian Olympic soccer player
G
- Alfonso Gagliano - politician
- André Gagné - professor and scholar, Concordia University
- Éric Gagné - pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers
- André Gagnon - composer, pianist
- Marc Gagnon - Olympic gold medal speed skater
- Marc-Antoine Gagnon - moguls skier
- Howard Galganov - anglophone rights activist, radio personality
- Céline Galipeau - anchorwoman
- Mavis Gallant - author
- Patsy Gallant - pop singer
- Mitch Garber - gaming, hotel executive, philanthropist, broadcaster
- Marc Garneau - astronaut, federal politician, cabinet minister
- Kathleen Gati - actress
- Arturo Gatti - professional boxer, world champion
- Daniel Gauthier - co-founder of the Cirque du Soleil
- James Gelfand - pianist, composer, arranger
- Bernie Geoffrion - hockey player for Montreal Canadiens
- Gettomasa - Finnish rapper; born Aleksi Lehikoinen
- Yasmeen Ghauri - supermodel
- Nicolas Gill - judoka, Olympic medalist
- Ralph Gilles - designer of the Chrysler 300c
- Margie Gillis - dancer, choreographer
- Jessalyn Gilsig - actress
- Jacques Godbout - writer, poet, filmmaker
- Phil Gold - researcher, physician
- Hilda Goldblatt Gorenstein (Hilgos) - artist and inspiration for the documentary I Remember Better When I Paint
- Victor Goldbloom - politician, physician
- Jonathan Goldstein - author, humourist and radio producer
- Anne-France Goldwater - lawyer and TV court show personality
- John Gomery - jurist
- Brian Goodwin - biologist
- Adam Gopnik - writer, essayist
- Henry Gordon - magician, journalist, CSI Fellow
- Huntley Gordon - actor
- Shaul Gordon - Canadian-Israeli Olympic sabre fencer
- Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan - newspaper publisher
- Stewart Francis Granger - former NBA basketball player
- W. R. Granger - president of the Montreal AAA, Canadian and Quebec Amateur Hockey Associations
- Howard Grant - former Canadian Olympics and Commonwealth boxer; trainer, UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre
- Otis Grant - Jamaican-born former WBO Middleweight boxing champion
- Hulda Regina Graser - customs house broker
- Harold Greenberg - movie producer, founder of Astral Media
- Frank Greenleaf - president of the Canadian and Quebec Amateur Hockey Associations
- Sylvain Grenier - WWE wrestler
- Irving Grundman - businessman, hockey executive
- Geneviève Guérard - ballerina
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Quincy Guerrier - college basketball player for the Oregon Ducks
- Philip Guston - painter and printmaker
H
- Dayle Haddon - model and actress
- Marc-André Hamelin - pianist and composer
- Emily Hampshire - actress
- Chris Haney - co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit
- Dan Hanganu - architect
- Louise Harel - politician
- Corey Hart - singer
- Doug Harvey - Hall of Fame ice hockey player
- Moshe Hauer - Modern Orthodox rabbi
- Jacques Hébert - statesman
- Thomas Hellman - pop singer
- Carl Henry - singer
- Prudence Heward - Beaver Hall Group artist
- Émilie Heymans - diver, Olympic medalist
- Alonzo Highsmith - former NFL football player
- Dave Hilton, Jr. - world champion boxer
- Matthew Hilton - world champion boxer
- William Hales Hingston - mayor of Montreal, senator, physician
- David Julian Hirsh - actor
- Ian Hodgkinson - professional wrestler, lived in Montreal while in WCW
- Thomas William Holmes - winner of the Victoria Cross
- Herbert Samuel Holt - financier
- Steve Holt - jazz pianist, AC singer-songwriter
- William Hope - actor
- Anna Hopkins - actress
- Camillien Houde - former mayor of Montreal
- Alice Houghton - broker
- Anthony Housefather - member of Canadian Parliament
- Kent Hughes - hockey executive
I
- Norman Iceberg - singer-songwriter
J
- A. Y. Jackson - artist, member of the Group of Seven
- Édouard Jasmin - ceramic artist
- Louis Jaque, modernist painter
- Marlene Jennings - politician
- René Jodoin - film animator and producer
- Daniel Johnson, Jr. - former Liberal premier of Quebec
- Pierre Marc Johnson - former PQ premier of Quebec
- Mélanie Joly - politician
- Oliver Jones - jazz pianist
- Sass Jordan - singer
- Kris Joseph - basketball player
- Robert Joy - actor
- Alexander Julien - musician, member of Vision Eternel
- Pierre Juneau - film and broadcasting executive
- Claude Jutra - filmmaker
K
- Emilie Kahn – musician also known as Emilie & Ogden
- Garry Kallos – wrestler and sambo competitor
- Tommy Kane - former NFL football player, Seattle Seahawks
- Daniel Kash - actor
- Nicholas Kasirer - supreme court justice
- Victoria Kaspi - astrophysicist and McGill professor
- Naïm Kattan - author, essayist
- Kenneth Kaushansky - Dean of the Stony Brook University School of Medicine, hematologist, Master of the American College of Physicians
- Kaytranada - electronic musician, producer, DJ
- Michael A. Kelen - former judge of the Federal Court of Canada
- George Kennedy - owner of Montreal Canadiens hockey team
- Amir Khadir - physician and politician
- Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain - politician, judge
- Franklin Kiermyer - drummer, composer, bandleader
- Andy Kim - singer-songwriter
- A. M. Klein - poet, author
- Naomi Klein - author and activist
- Otto Klineberg - psychologist; scholar
- Kid Koala - DJ
- Leo Kolber - senator, businessman
- Benjamin Kowalewicz - singer of Billy Talent
- Vanessa Kraven – professional wrestler
- David Kristian - electronic musician
- Sid and Marty Krofft - producers/creators of H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Land of the Lost, The Lost Saucer
- Joseph Kruger - founder of Kruger Inc.
L
- Florence La Badie - actress
- Charline Labonté - hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2006, 2010, 2014
- Elmer Lach - NHL player, Hall of Famer
- Michel Maray de La Chauvignerie - 18th century French military officer and interpreter
- Daniel Langlois - businessman, producer
- Hubert Lacroix - CBC president and CEO
- Oleg Ladik - Olympic wrestler
- Dany Laferrière - author
- Guy Lafleur - NHL player, Montreal Canadiens
- Alexis Lafrenière - NHL player, New York Rangers
- François Legault - businessman, politician, premier of Québec
- Corky Laing - musician
- Jon Lajoie - comedian
- Guy Laliberté - founder and CEO of Cirque de Soleil
- Pierre Lalonde - singer, tv host
- Paul Lambert - left guard, Montreal Alouettes
- Phyllis Lambert - architect and member of the Bronfman family
- Mado Lamotte - drag queen and author
- Jacques Lanctôt - FLQ member, convicted terrorist
- Louise Lanctôt - FLQ member, convicted terrorist
- Edmond Lapierre - former MPP
- Jean Lapierre - politician, broadcaster
- Éric Lapointe - CFL running back for the Montreal Alouettes
- Pierre Laporte - politician
- Georges Laraque - NHL player
- Ryan Larkin - animator
- Pat Larochelle - professional ice hockey player
- Ricardo Larrivée - chef, tv host, cookbook author, businessman
- Nicholas Latifi - Former Driver for Williams Racing During the 2020 & 2021 Formula One Season
- Zoé Laurier - wife of Sir Wilfrid Laurier
- Lisa Lavie - singer-songwriter
- Irving Layton - poet, essayist, short story writer
- Jack Layton - politician, leader of the federal New Democratic Party
- Irina Lăzăreanu - fashion model
- La Zarra - singer-songwriter
- Charlotte Le Bon - actress
- Louise Lecavalier - dancer
- Vincent Lecavalier - NHL player
- Fernand Leduc - painter
- Jos LeDuc - professional wrestler
- Ranee Lee - jazz singer
- Sébastien Lefebvre - guitarist of Simple Plan and vocalist
- Alain Lefèvre - pianist and composer
- Rachelle Lefevre - actress
- Jean Leloup - musician
- Jean Paul Lemieux - painter
- Mario Lemieux - NHL player
- Vanessa Lengies - actress
- Guy A. Lepage - television personality
- Marc Lépine - mass murderer
- René Lépine - real-estate developer
- Chris Leroux - MLB pitcher
- Pierre Leroux - novelist, journalist and screenwriter
- Jean Lesage - lawyer, politician
- Kris Letang - QMJHL player, NHL player, three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins
- André Éric Létourneau - intermedia artist, composer
- Jean-Louis Lévesque - stockbroker, horse racing builder
- Devon Levi - goaltender drafted by Florida Panthers in the 7th round, 212th overall in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, current Northeastern Huskies, Canada men's national junior ice hockey team
- Shawn Levy - director and actor
- Marilyn Lightstone - actress
- Jaclyn Linetsky - actress
- David Lipper - actor
- Arthur Lismer - painter, member of the Group of Seven
- Liu Fang - musician
- Pascal Lochard - CFL player
- Édouard Lock - choreographer
- William Edmond Logan - geologist
- Jennifer Lonergan - educator, nonprofit executive, promoter of third-world women's craftmanship
- Loud (rapper) - rapper, songwriter
- Colin Low - filmmaker
- Luba (singer) - recording artist
- Lunice - musician
- Roberto Luongo - NHL goaltender
- Yves A. Lussier - physician-scientist in translational bioinformatics
- John Goodwin Lyman - modernist painter
M
- Tom Maayan - Canada-born Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
- L. Ian MacDonald - author, columnist, broadcaster, and diplomat
- William C. Macdonald - tobacco manufacturer, philanthropist
- Danny Maciocia - CFL football coach
- Don Macpherson - journalist
- Nicolas Macrozonaris - sprinter, track and field
- Arnaud Maggs - artist, photographer
- André Major - author
- Sean Patrick Maloney - Canadian-American politician and U.S. Representative for the state of New York since 2013
- Jeanne Mance - founder of first hospital in North America, l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, 1645
- Frederic Marcotte - poet and musician
- Rudolph A. Marcus - Nobel laureate of chemistry
- Lou Marinoff - philosopher at City College of New York
- Yann Martel - writer, Man Booker Prize 2002
- Paul Martin - former prime minister of Canada
- Russell Martin - baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Massari - singer
- Mike Matheson - NHL player for the Montreal Canadiens
- Bennedict Mathurin - NBA player
- Charles Mayer - journalist, sportsperson and politician
- John McCallum - politician
- John Wilson McConnell - businessman, publisher, philanthropist
- David Ross McCord - lawyer, philanthropist
- Kevin McDonald - actor/comedian/voice actor, member of The Kids in the Hall
- Anna McGarrigle - singer, songwriter
- Kate McGarrigle - singer, songwriter
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee - politician
- Molly McGlynn - film and television director and screenwriter
- Ken McGoogan - writer
- Duncan McIntyre - businessman
- Scott McKay - former city counsellor and leader of the Green Party of Quebec
- Patricia McKenzie - actress
- Norman McLaren - film animation pioneer
- Stuart McLean - humourist, broadcaster
- Simon McTavish - businessman
- Ronald Melzack - psychologist, professor
- Juan Mendez - former NCAA basketball player, Niagara University
- Monique Mercure - actress
- Charles Meredith - president of the Montreal Stock Exchange
- Frederick Edmund Meredith - lawyer, chancellor of Bishop's University
- Vincent Meredith - first and last Baronet of Montreal; president of the Bank of Montreal
- William Collis Meredith - Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec
- Luck Mervil - singer, actor
- Jim Miller - Canadian football player
- Marc Miller - politician
- Robert Miller - businessman, founder of Future Electronics
- Brenda Milner - neuropsychologist
- Guido Molinari - painter
- Andrew Molson - businessman, member of the Molson family, eldest son of Eric Molson
- Eric Molson - brewer, businessman, member of the Molson family
- Geoff Molson - businessman, member of the Molson family, son of Eric Molson
- Hartland Molson - brewer, World War II fighter pilot, statesman, member of the Molson family
- John Molson - brewer, railway and steamship line builder, member of the Molson family
- Percival Molson - athlete, soldier, member of the Molson family
- Robert Moncel - commander of the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade in the Second World War
- Raymond de Montmorency - recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Édouard Montpetit - lawyer, economist, academic
- Dickie Moore (ice hockey) - NHL player, Hall of Famer
- Erdem Moralıoğlu - fashion designer
- Henry Morgan - department store founder
- Henry Morgentaler - physician, advocate for women's rights to abortion
- Marjolène Morin - singer
- James Wilson Morrice - landscape artist
- Terry Mosher - editorial cartoonist
- Ben Mulroney - television host; son of Brian Mulroney
- Brian Mulroney - former prime minister of Canada
- Caroline Mulroney - politician
- Mila Mulroney - wife of the 18th prime minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney
N
- Ruba Nadda - producer
- Pierre Nadeau - journalist, television presenter and producer
- Narcy - hip hop artist
- Émile Nelligan - poet
- Sophie Nélisse - actress
- Hillel Neuer - human rights lawyer, executive director UN Watch
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin - conductor
- Kai Nielsen - naturalist philosopher at Concordia University
- Craig Norman - head basketball coach of McGill University Redmen; former basketball player for Concordia University
- Aldo Nova - singer, musician, producer
O
- Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan - politician, Parti patriote member
- Alexander Walker Ogilvie - miller, statesman
- Leo Ognall - crime novelist known by pen names Hartley Howard and Harry Carmichael
- Heather O'Neill - author
- Erin O'Toole - politician, Conservative Party of Canada member
- Maryse Ouellet - glamour model and former WWE wrestler
- Caroline Ouellette - hockey player, Canadian women's Olympic team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006
P
- P. Reign - hip hop artist, born in Montreal, raised in Toronto
- Frank L. Packard - novelist
- Michel Pagliaro - musician
- Vernon Pahl - Canadian football player
- Jean Jacques Paradis - Commander of the Canadian Army
- Jessica Paré - actress
- Jacques Parizeau - politician, former premier of Quebec
- Julie Payette - astronaut, governor general
- Trevor W. Payne - founder and music director of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir
- Cory Pecker - hockey player, right wing
- Érik Péladeau - businessman
- Pierre Péladeau - founder of Quebecor
- Pierre Karl Péladeau - CEO of Quebecor Media
- Alfred Pellan - painter
- Gérard Pelletier - journalist and politician
- Wilfrid Pelletier - symphony conductor
- Dr. Wilder Penfield - pioneering neurosurgeon, founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute
- Louise Penny - broadcaster, author
- David De La Peralle - football player
- Missy Peregrym - actress
- Oscar Peterson - jazz pianist
- Autumn Phillips - former wife of Peter Phillips, eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II
- Mary Pierce - tennis player
- André Pijet - artist
- Daniel Pilon - actor
- Donald Pilon - actor
- Steven Pinker - linguist and evolutionary psychologist
- Susan Pinker - journalist and psychologist
- Valérie Plante - mayor of Montreal
- Christopher Plummer - actor
- Judes Poirier - university professor
- Camille Poliquin - musician
- Antoni Porowski - chef, actor, and television personality
- Dick Pound - lawyer, Olympic Games executive
- Cheryl Pounder - hockey player, Canadian Olympic women's team, gold medalist in 2002 and 2006
- André Pratte - journalist, economist
- Olivier-Maxence Prosper - NBA player
Q
- Nathalie Quagliotto - visual artist
- Sara Quin - musician
R
- Zotique Racicot - auxiliary bishop of Montreal from 1905 to 1915
- David Rakoff - humourist, essayist, poet
- Jesse Rath - actor
- Meaghan Rath - actress
- Claude Raymond - baseball player and coach
- Jade Raymond - video game designer and producer
- John Redpath - businessman, philanthropist
- Hubert Reeves - astrophysicist
- Eliza Ann McIntosh Reid - social reformer, women’s rights activist
- Heather Reisman - businesswoman
- Jason Reitman - filmmaker
- Ginette Reno - singer
- Caroline Rhea - actress
- Mike Ribeiro - NHL player
- Henri Richard - NHL player
- Maurice Richard - NHL player
- Mordecai Richler - writer
- Nancy Richler - novelist
- Helen Richmond Young Reid - social worker
- Jean-Paul Riopelle - painter, sculptor
- Olivier Rioux - basketball player
- Vito Rizzuto - mobster, mafia boss
- Léa Roback - trade union organizer, activist
- Alphonso Theodore Roberts - political activist, cricketer
- Sam Roberts - musician, singer
- Marc Robillard - musician, composer and songwriter
- Braulio Rocha - photographer
- Percy Rodrigues - actor
- Sasha Roiz - actor
- Cristina Rosato - actress
- Fred Rose - trade union organiser, politician
- Paul Rose - terrorist, political figure
- Ari Rosenberg - basketball player
- Ethel Rosenfield - sculptor
- Charlie J. Ross - vaudeville performer
- J.K.L. Ross - racehorse owner, philanthropist
- Allan Roth - baseball statistician for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
- Patrice Roy - news anchor
- Albert S. Ruddy - film and television producer, known for producing The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby, which won him two Academy Awards for Best Picture
- Greg Rusedski - tennis player
- Allison Russell - singer, songwriter
- Claude Ryan - publisher, politician
- Frank "Dunie" Ryan - mobster
S
- Roméo Sabourin - SOE agent, WW II hero executed by the Nazis
- Moshe Safdie - architect, urban designer
- Peter Sagar - musician
- Idola Saint-Jean - journalist, educator, feminist
- Benjamin St-Juste - American football player
- Martin St. Louis - NHL player
- Georges St-Pierre - professional MMA fighter
- Kim St-Pierre - hockey goaltender, Canadian Olympic women's team
- Sugar Sammy - stand-up comedian
- Lino Saputo - billionaire businessman
- Jeanne Sauvé - 23rd governor general of Canada
- Serge Savard - NHL player
- Anne Savage - artist
- Derek Seguin - comic
- Marco Scandella - NHL player
- Arnold Scaasi - fashion designer
- Aliocha Schneider - singer, actor
- Paul Schoeffler - voice actor, actor
- Seymour Schulich - businessman, philanthropist
- Joseph A. Schwarcz - professor of chemistry at McGill University
- Cynthia Scott - Academy Award-winning director
- Frank Scott - scholar, poet, professor, lawyer
- Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger - winner of the Victoria Cross in World War I
- Mark Shainblum - comic book writer and co-creator of Northguard
- Marla Shapiro - CTV medical reporter and physician
- Omar Sharif Jr. - actor, author, activist
- William Shatner - actor, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek
- Douglas Shearer - Academy Award-winning motion picture sound engineer
- Norma Shearer - Academy Award-winning actress
- Eliezer Sherbatov - Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player
- Madeleine Sherwood - actress, played Mother Superior in The Flying Nun
- Sir George Simpson - explorer, governor of HBC
- Karen Simpson - actress and fashion designer
- Jaspreet Singh - author
- Charles Sirois - telecommunications
- David Six - artist
- Skiifall - rapper
- Jeff Skoll - Internet entrepreneur
- Donald Smith - railway executive
- George M. Smith - Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- Larry Smith - former CFL football player; former president of the Montreal Alouettes
- Nahum Sonenberg - biochemist, professor at McGill University
- Wonny Song - classical concert pianist
- Kwasi Songui - actor
- Alex Soria - singer-guitarist
- Peter Stearns - historian, honorary knight
- H. Arnold Steinberg - businessman, philanthropist, chancellor of McGill University
- Sam Steinberg - supermarket founder
- Tobie Steinhouse - artist
- Ralph M. Steinman - 2011 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
- George Stephen - banker, railway executive
- Jeff Stinco - lead guitarist of Simple Plan
- P.J. Stock - NHL player, broadcaster
- Lance Stroll - Formula One racing driver
- Lawrence Stroll - billionaire businessman, major shareholder/executive chairman in Aston Martin and father to Formula One driver Lance Stroll
- Howard Stupp - Olympic wrestler
- Bruny Surin - track and field athlete
- Daisy Sweeney - pianist, music teacher
- Robert Augustus Sweeney - only African American double recipient of the American Medal of Honor
- Sylvia Sweeney - former basketball player for the Canadian women's national team; TV journalist
- Jack W. Szostak - Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
- Stacey Ryan - singer and songwriter
T
- Mutsumi Takahashi - journalist
- Maxime Talbot - NHL player
- Ari Taub - Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler
- Charles Taylor - philosopher emeritus at McGill
- Lucille Teasdale-Corti - physician, humanitarian
- Iro Tembeck - ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher
- José Théodore - NHL player
- David Thompson - explorer
- Ryan Thorne - head basketball coach for the McGill Martlets, former CIAU champion in basketball with Bishop's University
- Kim Thúy - author
- Jacob Tierney - actor, director, screenwriter, producer
- Kevin Tierney - movie producer
- Tiga - electronic musician, singer, DJ
- Josh Tordjman - NHL player
- Ibrahim Tounkara - Canadian football player
- Daniel Tracey - journalist, politician
- Gérald Tremblay - former mayor of Montreal
- Michel Tremblay - novelist, playwright
- Tony Tremblay - poet, radio personality
- Clem Trihey - professional ice hockey player
- Lorne Trottier - businessman, philanthropist
- Alexandre Trudeau - journalist; son of Pierre Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada
- Justin Trudeau - 23rd prime minister of Canada, son of Pierre Trudeau, a former prime minister of Canada
- Pierre Trudeau - 15th prime minister of Canada
- Sophie Grégoire Trudeau - former spouse of the 23rd prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau
- Yves Trudeau (biker) - contract killer, gangster
- Alain Trudel - conductor
- Yanic Truesdale - actor
- Jean-Claude Turcotte - Roman Catholic cardinal
- Roxane Turcotte - author of children's and youth literature
- George Tutunjian - performer of Armenian revolutionary songs
- Rachel Tyndale - pharmacogeneticist
U
- David Usher - singer-songwriter
V
- Maurice Vachon - also known as Mad Dog Vachon; wrestling champion
- Armand Vaillancourt - sculptor
- Stevie Vallance - also known as Louise Vallance; singer, musician, actress, voice actress and director
- Jean-Marc Vallée - filmmaker
- Karine Vanasse - actress, tv host
- Todd van der Heyden - journalist, news anchor
- Ernie Vandeweghe - former NBA basketball player, New York Knicks
- Georges Vanier - governor general
- Gino Vannelli - singer-songwriter
- Chris Velan - singer-songwriter
- Joe Veleno - NHL prospect for the Detroit Red Wings
- Jacques Vieau - fur trader and early Wisconsin settler
- Denis Villeneuve - filmmaker
- Gilles Villeneuve - Formula One driver
- Jacques Villeneuve - Formula One driver ; 1995 IndyCar champion; son of Gilles Villeneuve
- Claude Vivier - contemporary classical composer, ethnomusicologist and poet
- Marc-Édouard Vlasic - NHL player, currently playing for the San Jose Sharks
- Roch Voisine - singer
- Caroline Vu - novelist
W
- Eleanor Wachtel - writer and broadcaster
- Richard Wagner - Chief Justice of Canada
- Mark Wainberg - AIDS researcher
- Martha Wainwright - singer-songwriter
- Rufus Wainwright - singer-songwriter
- Avi Wallerstein - ophthalmologist, co-founder of LASIK MD
- Amanda Walsh - actress
- Dwight Walton - professional basketball player, Canadian Olympian
- Patrick Watson - singer-songwriter
- Ben Weider - co-founder of the IFBB
- Joe Weider - creator of the Mr. Olympia and Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contests
- William Weintraub - author, filmmaker
- Danny Wells - actor; played bartender on The Jeffersons and Luigi in The Super Mario Brothers Super Show
- Bill Wennington - former NBA basketball player, Chicago Bulls
- Max Werner - founder of Montreal Pastry, world class pastry chef
- Esther Wertheimer - sculptor and educator
- Alissa White-Gluz - singer-songwriter; former vocalist of The Agonist; current vocalist of Arch Enemy
- Trevor C. Williams - former member of the Canadian national basketball team; philanthropist
- Cairine Wilson - first woman to serve in the Senate of Canada
- Joseph Wiseman - actor, known for playing Dr. Julius No in the first James Bond film Dr. No
- Karl Wolf - singer
- Bernie Wolfe – NHL hockey player
- William Workman - businessman and municipal politician
- Peter Worrell - former NHL player
- Aleksandra Wozniak - tennis player
X
- Xue Yiwei - writer - Côte-des-Neiges
Y
- Joel Yanofsky - writer
- Nikki Yanofsky - jazz singer
- Wayne Yearwood - former professional basketball player; Canadian Olympian
Z
- Sami Zayn - professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE
- Larry "Rock" Zeidel – NHL player
- Joel Zifkin - electric violinist, singer-songwriter
- David Zilberman - Olympic heavyweight wrestler
- Moses Znaimer - co-founder of Toronto's CityTV
- Nathan Zsombor-Murray - diver, Olympic medalist
- Mortimer Zuckerman - magazine editor, publisher, real estate tycoon